tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5487023663698163405.post3027596379839519372..comments2023-04-10T08:21:30.533-07:00Comments on Back in the Car Again: Midwinter Locavore UpdateHilary Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09591629460900443171noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5487023663698163405.post-24869974097883443962009-03-07T07:42:00.000-08:002009-03-07T07:42:00.000-08:00Who knew that you two were wise in the ways of roo...Who knew that you two were wise in the ways of root crops. Thanks dears.Hilary Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09591629460900443171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5487023663698163405.post-44128919394826484302009-02-17T20:51:00.000-08:002009-02-17T20:51:00.000-08:00Parsnips DO taste like dirt, but that's not a bad ...Parsnips DO taste like dirt, but that's not a bad thing, right? And did I tell you about when I arrived at ASPI to find salsify growing literally everywhere, no one eating it, but not wanting to dig it up either, because, well, you COULD eat it, if you wanted to.....<BR/><BR/>~dAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5487023663698163405.post-62519262074269663162009-02-12T12:34:00.000-08:002009-02-12T12:34:00.000-08:00When I lived on the Warm Springs reservation in Ea...When I lived on the Warm Springs reservation in Eastern Oregon, a community that I could very well have never left, I had an opportunity to participate in the root festival, the one not open to the tourists. I spent many hours peeling roots that the women had dug up and collected throughout the desert. At one point I was exhausted and went into the gymnasium where the dancing had been going on non-stop for two days. I fell asleep against a wall on the floor until an old woman rudely kicked me awake. Turned out I was sleeping on the woman's side of the event. I do not remember the roots tasting like dirt. I was offered 20 acres and 2 horses by Alice Florendo, the owner of the restaurant where I cooked, to stay, but I got homesick and hitched to Besemer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887517793752604788noreply@blogger.com